Non Sequitur by Wiley Miller for May 08, 2012

Rejected from the Jerry Springer show, where else can we go?

It’s my belief that just the desire to appear on a reality show should be grounds for civil commitment.

I just catagorize those shows as “Nuts & Sluts.”

If everyone refused to watch these “unreality” shows, there would not be any. Don’t blame the idiots on them just shoot those who watch them. That way we rid the world of far more idiots.

Utah; that’s where they come from . . .not there isn’t the fair share of nut jobs in that state, like all others.

Does he have a Big Brother???

‘“Bigot”: a person who is obstinately or intolerantly devoted to his or her own opinions and prejudices; especially : one who regards or treats the members of a group (as a racial or ethnic group) with hatred and intolerance. ’ See Webster’s.

First victim today; clearly bigoted goes beyond being devoted to own opinions and is intolerant of others beliefs,, It is NOT a seriously misused word, Go figure,

Doesn’t look like they’re casting “Gilligan’s Island”.

It’s always the way.

Who? Wha-? Me? Am I being stereotyped here?

hmm. what seems a reasonable question is — are the females included in those box-in categories?

haha, tr00!

I was going to say, he/she sounds Mormon, so they could but it in the big box on the right… but then again, that description could be of me, and I’m not. That could show a tiny bias, but I swear I’m not a bigot.

But think of the MONEY they can make

And here I thought they came from their mothers…

good eye.

Not from Hollywood, that’s for sure.

Right! Anyone would have to be crazy to go on some of those reality shows!

I’m pretty sure it’s the word reality that is being misused here….

Hardly. No Leftist liberals would ever stoop that low to give up their drugs. The leftist liberals are the rest of the stacks.

Holden Caulfield had only three categories: Phonies, morons and perverts. Is having more variety a good thing?

Like that’s a bad thing?Now, if it were labeled “Misguided religious fanatics” you might have a point.

The irony is, that this is closer to the truth about casting for these shows, than you’d believe. Having personally had the dubious distinction of being a casting director on occasion, I can attest to this.

Have you thought about the type of person that needs to go to the television to see reality?

Actually, no, I don’t think bigotry applies to everyone. I live in a University town where there seems to be extraordinary tolerance due to having students from all over the world. As for hypocrisy…I don’t like to lie, but when an aggressive salesman shows up at dinnertime asking for the man of the house, I can look him dead in the eye and say, “He’s not here.” Guess that makes me a hypocrite.

It’s the fanatics who get all the press. Why? Because they are fanatics, of course. Their bad press is often applied to thoughtful spiritual people, until all religious people are considered fanatics simply because they are religious. This truly is a non sequitur.

Ladies and gentlemen, Sharuniboy has demonstrated how to spell “hypocrite” properly!

Who would you say is intelligent. I mean beside yourself.

zoldknight: So lefties are all on drugs? I’m glad you are not a bigot. Is that why the Reich-wing doctors (with Faux News on in their waiting room TV) find it so hard to believe I am 79 and take no medication?

Documentaries are “reality shows”. The “competition reality show” came about to “legitimize” the human dog fight, where ethics and morality were shunned, and those with no values could feel superior and cheer on the unethical, ignorant, contestants: they’re like current “conservative politics”.

I have a hard time believing everyone on reality tv shows are who they really claim to be – my guess is that they act it up to get on tv. Which is too bad really, because I think there are people who DO believe that reality tv shows real people and the threshold for acceptable social behavior sinks lower as a result. (ex. if Paris Hilton/Snooki/whoever can walk around dressed like a call girl, drink like a fish, swear like a sailor, and treat people horribly so can I! It’s normal, right?) Barf.

I just looked it up and was inclined to agree… Then I found this definition: bigot (b g t) n. One who is strongly partial to one’s own group, religion, race, or politics and is intolerant of those who differ. [French, from Old French.]I think I’ve met a number of them… Doesn’t it borderline on racism?

Well, I don’t think I’d get in…Sigh…That’s okay, there’s room for me on the singing contests…

Hey! Who submitted my name!

and those are the tea party types he is looking for; no wonder he questions the qualifications of someone he calls a ‘freak’—-that is what tv has to offer today….am glad I don’t have one…..

No, the leftist liberals are the ones with all the tattoos, addictions, arrests, and ill mannered. I will grant them intelligence.

When measured, the" jerks" pile is higher.

Your welcome, I think. Don’t know what you thanked me for.

Thank you for your kind words. I always enjoy your comments as well, even if not always agreeing. You must have a lot of experience in life.

androgenoide: Fifty years ago, I was out of college and voting. I never found a liberal southern Republican – and precious few liberal Democrats. There were a few Socialists, Communists were mostly FBI “volunteers” getting paid for “infiltrating”, Populists were all dead, and Greens hadn’t yet been invented by a US Army brat and NATO general in Germany, much less gone worldwide. Civil rights was a major issue – just like today. Louise Raggio was still fighting for women to get the right to sit on juries and sign their own contracts in Texas, much less fight to keep them from being rolled back by Republicans. Republicans voted in the Democratic primaries, then selected their candidates by convention, thus assuring the election would be between two Republicans. For me, this is not history, but biography.

As someone who fits the comic’s description perfectly, but is no leftist (I prefer to be independent not bipartisan), I’d like to say, please, don’t make such generalizations. Also, plenty of right-winged people fit that description too, and liberals are more likely to have tattoos.

Not exactly. A bigot is defined as an individual who is completely intolerant of any beliefs/opinions/etc. that do not match their own. Which would mean that they are committed to their own beliefs yes, but one could be committed to their own beliefs and yet have tolerance for others’.

Then why are most democrats uneducated and on wellfare, and addicted to drugs?

Actually you did say you were the only intelligent one here. And keep proving otherwise.